Broomfield mayor's race off to early start

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Dennis McCloskey
Council city and county of Broomfield

The 2013 campaign season is off to an early start in Broomfield after City Councilman Dennis McCloskey on Friday filed his candidate affidavit to run for mayor in November.

McCloskey announced his decision to run for the office that will be vacated next year by term-limited Mayor Pat Quinn in a news release Friday night. He said he decided to run after receiving "the most important endorsement," that of his wife and four children.

Despite filing his paperwork nearly 11 months before Broomfield's Nov. 5 election, McCloskey was not the first person to put his name in the running for the city and county's next mayor. Former city councilman and Broomfield mayor pro tem Randy Ahrens filed his paperwork on Wednesday, according to the City and County of Broomfield's elections division website.

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Ahrens owns the manufacturers representative firm Frontier Components and was the 2011 chairman of the Broomfield Chamber of Commerce.

McCloskey, a retired teacher, is currently serving his second term representing Broomfield's Ward 2. His term will end in November.

McCloskey has represented Broomfield on the board of directors for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, a cooperative planning organization for the nine-county Denver Metro Area, most recently serving as board chair.

"I appreciate the trust Broomfield citizens place in me, and will continue to strive to maintain that trust as Broomfield's next Mayor," he wrote in his news release.